Image management apparatus

Abstract

An image management apparatus capable of managing a plurality of images captured within a geographical range included in a designated map linked with that map. The image management apparatus has a period setting unit, an imaging unit; a position information acquisition unit; a map information acquisition unit acquiring map information; a judgment unit judging whether or not the imaging location corresponding to each of a plurality of images is included within the predetermined geographical range; a display position determination unit determining the display position of the imaging location judged to be included within the predetermined geographical range by the judgment unit among imaging locations; a map correction unit receiving the display position information representing the display position and generating a second order map information attaching the mark representing the imaging location onto the map included in the map information according the information; and a display unit displaying the second order map information, wherein the map correction unit receives the information representing the display location and generates the second order map information only when the imaging location of the image data is separated from that of the imaging data shot before with a specific distance.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image management device, and more particularly, to an image management device that manages image data associated with map information. Background technique [0002] In recent years, camera-mounted mobile phones have been widely used. Among such mobile phones, there is a mobile phone in which a global positioning system (hereinafter referred to as "GPS") is installed. Therefore, it has been proposed to correlate an image captured by a camera with position information measured by a GPS at a photographed location. [0003] In addition, an imaging information processing system has been developed which acquires primary map information representing a map including an imaging point from a server based on the position information, and creates a map in which marker information indicating the imaging point is added to the map. The secondary map information is displayed on the display (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-1...

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Therefore, even if there are multiple captured images at adjacent imaging locations, these multiple captured images cannot be referred to in association with one map.

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